Saturn in Scorpio: Life Lesson, Meaning & Years

What Saturn in Scorpio means

Your lessons are trust, power and shared resources, with great endurance in hard times.

Saturn stands for duty, limits, time and mastery. In Scorpio it works intensely and privately; it goes deep and does not let go.

The lesson of control: facing fear, loss and other people's power makes you unbreakable.

At a glance

Planet: Saturn: duty, limits, time and mastery
Sign: Scorpio, water and fixed, ruled by Mars and, in modern astrology, Pluto
Dignity: Peregrine: neither strong nor weak by sign
Time in each sign: about two and a half years

When Saturn is in Scorpio

Everyone born in these months has Saturn in Scorpio. The edges can shift by a day with the time zone.

Dec 1923 – Dec 1926: in and out with its retrograde turns (Dec 1923 – Apr 1924, Sep 1924 – Dec 1926)
Oct 1953 – Oct 1956: in and out with its retrograde turns (Oct 1953 – Jan 1956, May 1956 – Oct 1956)
Dec 1982 – Nov 1985: in and out with its retrograde turns (Dec 1982 – May 1983, Aug 1983 – Nov 1985)
Oct 2012 – Sep 2015: in and out with its retrograde turns (Oct 2012 – Dec 2014, Jun 2015 – Sep 2015)

Famous people with Saturn in Scorpio

Only people whose Saturn stayed in Scorpio through their whole birth day, wherever they were born.

BasshunterSwedish singer, record producer, and DJ22 December 198411masterCapricorn Elizabeth IIQueen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 202221 April 1926 – 20227Taurus Marilyn MonroeAmerican actress and model1 June 1926 – 19627Gemini Marie CuriePolish-born French physicist and chemist7 November 1867 – 19344Scorpio Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman writer, artist, natural scientist and politician28 August 1749 – 18323Virgo François HollandePresident of France from 2012 to 201712 August 19543Leo Cristiano RonaldoPortuguese association football player5 February 19853Aquarius Bill GatesAmerican businessman, investor, and philanthropist28 October 19554Scorpio Steve JobsAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.24 February 1955 – 20111Pisces Angela Merkelchancellor of Germany from 2005 to 202117 July 19547Cancer Jimmy Carterpresident of the United States from 1977 to 19811 October 1924 – 20249Libra Rafael Orozco MaestreColombian singer24 March 1954 – 19921Aries

Saturn in the other signs

Saturn in the houses

Other planets in Scorpio

Questions and answers

What does Saturn in Scorpio mean?

Your lessons are trust, power and shared resources, with great endurance in hard times.

Is Saturn strong in Scorpio?

Scorpio is neither Saturn's own sign nor its exaltation, detriment or fall, so Saturn is peregrine there: neither strong nor weak by sign. It takes on Scorpio's style: intensely and privately; it goes deep and does not let go.

How do I know if I have Saturn in Scorpio?

Everyone born Dec 1923 – Dec 1926, Oct 1953 – Oct 1956, Dec 1982 – Nov 1985, Oct 2012 – Sep 2015 has Saturn in Scorpio. For the exact day, use the free calculator.

Which famous people have Saturn in Scorpio?

Basshunter, Elizabeth II, Marilyn Monroe, Marie Curie, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, François Hollande, Cristiano Ronaldo, Bill Gates